A compelling new novel set in 1950s America, from an ever-popular author Five years after the end of the Second World War, teacher Laurie Evans moves to a small town in upstate New York, where she hopes to build a new life for herself. It soon becomes apparent, however, that the town may not be the haven she had hoped - especially when she finds herself increasingly drawn to neighbour Neil Winston, and becomes caught up in the town's jealousies and...